Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Terres to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, December 16, 1902.

(Mr. Terres reports the arrival of General Nord on December 16; that great excitement prevails; that shooting is going on in the city; that serious trouble is expected; that the Haitian secretary of the interior, with general police, is at the United States legation.)